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Originally Posted by nfotiu
Manchin may well be right that $15 min wage will cause problems in his state, and that just highlights how it needs to be regionally adjusted. The right policy has to be some percentage based on median income of a region. County level would probably be best, but state is better than national at least.
I'm curious to see how restaurants will fare. Min wage for tipped wages is $2 here in VA even with a move to $15 min state min wage and pretty much all restaurants pay that (they have to still make regular min wage with tips included). Restaurants are already reeling from COVID, and I can see a lot of independent restaurants just closing up shop if tips no longer count towards min wage.
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Curious what the real (as opposed to reported for tax purposes) hourly wage is for the average restaurant server who gets tips.
Going to a $15 minimum wage and no tips may end up being cheaper for the restaurant patron and result in more business for the restaurant, considering that paying $2 to servers and having them rely on tips just shifts costs from the employer to the eater.